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The state that wants to deregulate everything wants to tell Facebook and Twitter how to run their platforms. Gov. Greg Abbott, who apparently has nothing else going on, is backing a proposed […]
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Extending previous research, we test two solutions for addressing misinformation by pairing news literacy (NL) messages with corrective responses to health misinformation shared on Twitter. Importantly, we consider a range […]
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wdm-image-grid wdm-post-grid On Feb. 5, Twitter flagged a post from controversial YouTuber Tim Pool that said the 2020 U.S. presidential election was rigged. The platform noted that the claim was […]
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Partners Serbia, a Belgrade-based NGO that works on initiatives to combat corruption and develop democracy and the rule of the law in the Balkan country, had been on Twitter for […]
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Shared partisanship dramatically increases social tie formation in a Twitter field experiment | PNAS
Americans are much more likely to be socially connected to copartisans, both in daily life and on social media. However, this observation does not necessarily mean that shared partisanship per […]
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Birdwatch is a new program launched by Twitter to combat misinformation on the platform, using volunteers to help determine the reliability of content. According to Twitter, Birdwatch invites selected users […]
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The presidential election is over, but the fight against misinformation continues. The latest volley in that effort comes from Twitter, which on Monday announced Birdwatch, a pilot project that uses crowdsourcing […]
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Twitter accounts run by machines are a major source of climate change disinformation that might drain support from policies to address rising temperatures. In the weeks surrounding former President Trump’s […]
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Following the suspension or barring of Donald Trump by many of the largest social media and tech platforms, after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in January 2021, we explore […]